Exchange of Gunfire at a Wal-Mart, One Officer Shot in the Chest

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Richard Longoria

Story Created: Mar 8, 2010 at 7:05 PM CDT

Story Updated: Mar 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM CDT

By JEFF CARLTON
Associated Press Writer
     
DALLAS (AP) - An off-duty officer shot in the chest after
exchanging gunfire with a man outside a Texas WalMart expects to be
released from the hospital.
     
Delta County Deputy Paul Robertson was texting friends and
talking on the telephone Monday, a day after he fatally shot an
armed man trying to enter a WalMart in the east Texas town of
Commerce. Authorities haven't identified the shooting suspect, who
they say fired at officers during a police chase moments before
trying to enter the store.
     
Sheriff Gerald Teague said Robertson was sore but ready to go
home. He was shot on the right side of his chest.
     
Teague said Robertson "obviously saved lives."
     
The shootout Sunday in Commerce began when police received a
call that shots had been fired from a car in nearby Greenville,
about 50 miles northeast of Dallas.
     
     
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
     
AP-NY-03-08-10 1210EST

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